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PINNACLE CREW, voted Event Crew Company of the year 2018 is currently looking to recruit hardworking individuals to join our dynamic, established and award-winning team. Experience in Events Industry is not a necessity, the qualities we look for in potential crewmembers are, friendliness, a can-do attitude, a willingness to learn and a dedication to be the best you can be on every job you do.

The job requires potential candidates to be proficient in English, live in or very near to London, be physically capable of doing heavy manual work, be prepared to work long and often unsocial hours and take to instructions and work well within a team environment.

Why is Pinnacle Crew the company to work for?

Our company is highly regarded and has won many accolades including being awarded The Event Crewing Company of the year 2018. We have been operating for 20 years in which time the company has built a fantastic reputation for providing intelligent, technically astute, friendly and capable crew on every event we attend. Due to this hard-earnt reputation, Pinnacle Crew is in the enviable position of being invited to participate in a large majority of the country’s most prestigious events working alongside some of the country’s leading event professionals. Past and present projects have included: – The Royal Wedding, The Brits, The Mercury Music Prize, V Festival, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Virgin London Marathon, Silverstone Grand Prix, Strictly Come Dancing and many BBC and Film Productions to mention a few of the 6000+ events that we are involved in throughout a typical year.

Pinnacle thrives on attracting and retaining some of the industry’s best crew, therefore we pay excellent hourly rates with a clear defined path to progression. The company is also a London Living wage employer with a strong history of rewarding excellence with work performance bonuses. If you are looking to progress within the Events Sector, Pinnacle is a great place to start. Many of our past crew are now fulltime Technicians or Production Managers, the skills they learnt from working with us proving invaluable towards their future career paths.

The Role of a Crew Member includes;

Loading and unloading trucks

Building and dismantling stages and set

Rigging/de-rigging sound, lighting, and AV equipment

Installing and removing temporary flooring and barriers

Building and breaking down of temporary seating structures

Carrying and lifting items including furniture, set and scenery, and, AV equipment

If you are committed to working in the events industry or would like to explore a new opportunity whilst becoming a valued member of an exciting team, then please apply to join us today at recruitment@pinnaclecrew.co.uk or better still complete our on-line recruitment form here.

PINNACLE CREW, voted Crewing Company of the years 2018 at the Event Production Awards, is currently recruiting in London.

We are seeking potential candidates with the following attributes: friendly, enthusiastic, physically very fit, with excellent spoken English and a “can do attitude”. If this describes you then you should be working for the UK’s most prestigious crewing company.

What we do:

We assist on-site production management in the events business (major sporting events, festivals, stage and screen…) which means that you could find yourself doing pretty much anything, but the job primarily consists of:

• Loading, unloading trucks
• Rigging/de-rigging sound, lights and AV equipment
• Building and dismantling stages and scenery
• Erecting temporary structures
• Working at some of the country’s most prestigious venues

A lot of the jobs we do are hard-work and involve long anti-social hours (we work 24/7), so you must be able to maintain a good sense of humour throughout, as well as a can-do attitude. If you cannot get out of bed, this is not the job for you! It is hard work, but extremely rewarding.

Pay:

Starting at £10.00 per hour for full-time crew with the potential to earn £15.00+ per hour depending on experience. Higher rates for plant operators and 7 ½ tonne truck drivers.

If you are interested, then send your CV to recruitment@pinnaclecrew.co.uk or better still complete our on-line recruitment form here.

We are delighted to announce that we have won the Best Crew and Rigging Category at the Event Production Awards 2018. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this award including all our past and present crew members, office staff and of course our wonderful Clients. We are very honoured to have won this prestigious award.

PINNACLE CREW, voted Crewing Company of the years 2018 at the Event Production Awards, is currently recruiting in London.

We are seeking potential candidates with the following attributes: friendly, enthusiastic, physically very fit, with excellent spoken English and a “can do attitude”. If this describes you then you should be working for the UK’s most prestigious crewing company.

What we do:

We assist on-site production management in the events business (major sporting events, festivals, stage and screen…) which means that you could find yourself doing pretty much anything, but the job primarily consists of:

• Loading, unloading trucks
• Rigging/de-rigging sound, lights and AV equipment
• Building and dismantling stages and scenery
• Erecting temporary structures
• Working at some of the country’s most prestigious venues

A lot of the jobs we do are hard-work and involve long anti-social hours (we work 24/7), so you must be able to maintain a good sense of humour throughout, as well as a can-do attitude. If you cannot get out of bed, this is not the job for you! It is hard work, but extremely rewarding.

Pay:

Starting at £10.00 per hour for full-time crew with the potential to earn £15.00+ per hour depending on experience. Higher rates for plant operators and 7 ½ tonne truck drivers.

If you are interested, then send your CV to recruitment@pinnaclecrew.co.uk or better still complete our on-line recruitment form here.

Look no future, why not join the UK’s most respected Event Crew Company and be part of something special.

Pinnacle Crew in currently recruiting Event Crew in London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester

Rates of pay: £9 – £15/hr.

If you are interested in working at many of the UK’S PREMIER EVENTS as an event crew member, then please apply.

The work of our event crew is varied. One day you will be unloading a truck outside a hotel, the next erecting a structure at the Chelsea Flower Show, or helping the lighting, sound or set departments set up for a show or possibly being at a F1 event assisting with the big screen installations. We undertake a huge range of work within the corporate events industry, e.g. television, theatre and the festival business. We are currently preparing to enter our busy season so now is a good time to join.

We provide a excellent event crewing support service to many of the countries top production companies in London, Birmingham, Manchester & Liverpool.

These top event production companies require us to provide event crew in London & future a field to:

Event crew for loading and unloading trucks
Production crew to moving equipment in and out of venues for event and exhibition installs and de-rigs.
We also supply reliable technical event support crew in a variety of fields including power, lighting, audio-visual equipment installation, rigging, truss, staging and seating. Many projects rely on continuity of personnel and many of our regular crew will work for the same clients time and time again, forming long lasting relationships.
If your application is successful you will be invited to an interview at our office and you will attend an induction and training session. You will spend the day going through our crew handbook which covers basic working practices, industry awareness, our health and safety policy, the company structure, uniform and appearance code, our sustainability and client interface skills.

We provide Event, Stage and Production Crew to a wide variety of clients including: – television companies, major sporting events e.g. F1 and cricket matches, event production companies, festival organisers and many others.

A successful event crew applicant should have the following attributes:

Fast learners
Pay attention to detail
Are proactive & show initiative
A can do attitude
Common sense
Contactable and available 24/7
Good communication skills
A good working ethic
Loyalty and commitment to Pinnacle Crew
Motivated and proactive
Good personal presentation
Physically fit and mentally strong
Polite & well mannered
Punctuality
Well organized
Willingness to work hard
A valued member of a team
You don’t need to have any particular skills but if you have any of the following it will increase your earnings:

Nationwide and European crewing company, Pinnacle Crew (stand no: E29), is once again among leading exhibitors at the Event Production Show.

This year the company is highlighting its ability to service events nationwide as well as across the length and breadth of Europe.

Pinnacle’s philosophy “SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST CREW” has never been more relevant than in this present climate. The company believes that event crew are a underutilised resource, and therefore if effectively used to their full potential, provide their clients with a superior onsite productivity which ultimately can save their clients significant time and money.

In the words of Pinnacle’s Managing Director, Heath Freeman:

Pinnacle crew have been operating for over 12 years, during which time we have built a reputation as a national supplier of intelligent, technically astute, courteous, well managed and well presented event crew who consistently exceed expectations. We are extremely proud that 90% of our clients refer to us as their long term “event crewing partner”. This, we believe, demonstrates our determination towards building long term relationships based on quality, consistency, communication, trust, honesty and, moreover, a sense of ownership and responsibility in each and every event that we are involved in.

Over the 12 years that we have been operating in the events industry, we have seen many competitors enter the crewing sector. These companies are quick to pledge a service which provides crew who are STRONG, INTELLIGENT, WELL TRAINED, etc etc…. We all know the phrases. However, we believe that this approach, in the current event landscape and specifically where event crew supply is concerned, is the very least that clients look for and expect. These words have been bandied about as a event crew de facto for far too long. We aim to exceed these traditional assurances and raise the level of expectation in the event crewing sector.

Pinnacle has always understood and advocated that event crew are one of the most underutilized resources in the events industry. Our statement that we are “SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST CREW” has never been more relevant, especially in today’s economic climate. At The Event Production Show our aim is to explain how Pinnacle Crew can assist your company in providing all of the usual event crewing services as a given, but more importantly, that our services offer technical and logistical capabilities both nationally and internationally which we feel sets us apart from other companies in the crewing sector.

These are examples of Pinnacle Crew’s diverse facets / attributes:-

Carry basic tools

SPA, CSCS, PASMA and First Aid certified

Competent in loading and unloading trucks

Support for technicians with rigging and cabling of lighting, sound, video and power

Our promise is to provide you with more than “simply crew”. We believe our strength is in being your support.

We are committed to the delivery of an unrivalled service to our clients, and to understand their requirements fully, our aim is to listen, appreciate and deliver these requirements to the best of our abilities. We endeavour to provide crew who have all the necessary training, experience, ability and desire to meet our client’s expectations.

Recent Projects and Testimonials:

Queen’s Coronation Festival at Buckingham Palace

Festival of Remembrance in the Royal Albert Hall

Nike “We Own The Night” at Victoria Park

Google House London, Paris and Hamburg

BBC Children in Need at Elstree Studios

Testimonial

“On behalf of everyone involved with the Coronation Festival 2013 held at Buckingham Palace this year and Media 10 I cannot thank you and your crew enough for the exceptional effort put in helping to make this event the huge success it was. Their dedication and work rate was consistently exceptional and the crew met every request with a smile on their face and a professional courteous attitude. Long, hot days didn’t deter them in anyway and I have lost count of the numerous compliments from exhibitors about the crew that I have since received. I and all at Media 10 look forward to working with you all again soon. Matt Lakin on behalf of Media 10”

The first half of 2013 has seen Pinnacle Crew involved in some of the country’s most prestigious events. We are both proud of our crew’s achievements on these jobs as well as hugely grateful to our clients for the faith and loyalty they have afforded our company. Each event has presented its own set of unique challenges for both the organisers and our crew. I’m happy to say that they all went off without a hitch and were overwhelming successes. Furthermore our crew have received countless words of praise for the part they played in all these events.

2013 sees Pinnacle extend its event crew coverage to now include the cities of Liverpool & Manchester, this combined with our existing event crew operations in London, Birmingham, Stoke on Trent and Leeds means Pinnacle is ideally located to deal with our clients crewing requirements throughout the country. Road shows are one example of events that Pinnacle has the ability to deal with easily as our extensive network of offices allows us to easily coordinate these events. Three such examples were the L’Oreal Tour, The ECB & ICC Cricket contract and the BT Open Reach Road Show. All of these events stretch the length and breadth of the country over consecutive days and most required a degree of familiarisation. Pinnacle achieved this by creating core teams that remained constant on all the jobs and then utilised our closest national office to supply the reminder of the crew requirements. This is proving both cost effective for our clients as well as achieving their desire of consistency of service and a one stop crewing shop regardless of region.

The BBC Worldwide Showcase was held at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. This job comes up for special mention as it was one of the first jobs that our newly opened Liverpool and Manchester branches were involved in. The event was an overwhelming success and our crew received much praise for their dedication and work ethos. This job had some of the largest sets and projection that we have worked with in many years. As far as we are aware not a single panel was scuffed or pixel out of place, so well done to the Liverpool and Manchester crew, you did the company proud!

Pinnacle crew has been fortunate enough to have been involved in Eco Build for the past 5 years. This project involves large numbers of crew spread over an expansive area (now the Excel Centre) and involves assisting an ever increasing number of companies on site all with slightly different skill requirements. Our crew relish their involvement in this job mainly due to the huge diversity of requirements and amazingly friendly and unflappable production staff. Our crew also get to see the whole scope of the event from start to finish as we are the first contracting company to arrive and the last to leave. Well done to The Eco Build crew of 2013, once again the client and all involved were extremely happy with your work.

Pinnacle has recently been providing large numbers of Pinnacle Carpenters for a variety of events including Art 13 at Olympia, Collect at The Saatchi Gallery and Masterpiece at The Royal Chelsea Hospital to mention just a few. This section of our business is expanding rapidly and we believe this development is not by chance but rather due to the fact that Pinnacle has built and trained a very large contingent of highly skilled Carpenters across the country over the past 2 years.

Other recent projects that Pinnacle crew has been privileged enough to be able to provide top quality Event Crew on were: – Chelsea Flower Show, London Moonwalk, Nike We Own The Night Event, The British Lions Farewell Dinner, The London Boat Show, Champions League Final Dinner, BMW PGA Championship 2013, Save The Children, Pompeii Exhibition, Jessie J and the Adobe Summit EMEA 2013 to mention just a few. We are extremely grateful to our loyal clients for the faith they have afforded us and the amazing projects they have included us in but it is also testament to all our crew and office staffs’ unwavering determination to ensure our clients are always 101% satisfied with the job at hand. Well done to the entire Pinnacle Crew Team for achieving a great start to the year and we look forward to the challenges and events that lie ahead in 2013.

Nationwide crewing company, Pinnacle Crew (stand no: E39) will once again be among leading exhibitors at the Event Production Show.

The company will be highlighting its ability to service events nationwide – a service that is now further supported by the opening of a new office in Stoke on Trent that adds to its network of operations across the country.

Run by Anne Clewlow, Pinnacle in Stoke on Trent will be central to the company’s expansion in the north.
Ann joins Pinnacle from Clayfield Enterprises, where she was a partner providing and managing crew for the live events industry, training and booking sub-contractors and liaising with clients to provide a full satisfactory service. She was also responsible for researching and booking events and producing activities.

In her new role with Pinnacle, Anne will have a two-fold responsibility. First, she will have responsibility for quality control by taking over the recruitment and training of all crew engaged by Pinnacle in the north from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds. The training will cover all aspects of health and safety as well as Pinnacle’s unique industry awareness training programme.

Fundamental to her role are regular site evaluations and client liaison to ensure that Pinnacle maintains the highest possible standards nationwide.

Commenting on the opening of the office in Stoke on Trent and Anne’s appointment, Pinnacle managing director, Heath Freeman says:

“We want to ensure consistency of our service regardless of region. Stoke on Trent is a perfect half way point between our Birmingham and Manchester/Leeds operations. This means that this highly mobile experienced team will enable us to supplement both these areas when extra numbers are required.

“We have provided crewing operations nationwide for many years now, and have experienced an increase demand for our services in the north. Anne’s appointment and our base in Stoke on Trent further enables our ability to provide our clients with a quality nationwide crewing service.”

NEW CLIENT LIAISON MANAGER FOR PINNACLE
As part of its on-going policy to provide client companies with a comprehensive service, nationwide crewing company Pinnacle Crew has appointed Paul Jones as client liaison manager.
In this role, Jones will be responsible for close liaison and regular contact with both current and prospective clients to meet individual client requirements. He will also be part of the team at Pinnacle that continually re-evaluates performance and service to clients by means of a structured evaluation program.
Jones joins Pinnacle from Almeda Events where for six years he was a director creating, developing, branding and managing corporate hospitality packages.
Born in South Africa, Jones came to the UK in 2002 and established a franchised health club which involved him in marketing and promoting the club to corporate clients.
Commenting on Jones appointment, Pinnacle managing director Heath Freeman says:
“Creating the role of client liaison manager, ensures we continually build upon and improve every aspect of our business, thus providing a superior service for our clients.
“Our aim is to always have our fingers on the pulse, so that our clients can have full confidence in our service.”

PINNACLE SUPPORTS CANCER TRUST
Nationwide crewing company Pinnacle Crew has enabled a young cancer sufferer to enjoy a Caring Cancer Trust Snowkids Holiday.
The company raised sufficient money through crew donations, topped up by management, so that Olivia, 13, can be introduced to skiing and snowboarding in the French Alps following her lengthy treatment for leukaemia.
Caring Cancer Trust’s patrons, Olympic champion Graham Bell, the presenter of BBC’s Ski Sunday, and X Games snowboarding gold medallist Jenny Jones, are taking time off from their winter sports schedule to give instruction and provide inspiration to the 36 children from six hospitals participating in the holiday.
The aim is to give back to the children their lost confidence and joy of life after their near terminal illnesses and debilitating chemotherapy treatment, surgery or both for such cancers as leukaemia, brain tumours and bone cancer.

Writing to Pinnacle to convey Caring Cancer Trust’s thanks, the organisation’s honorary executive chairman said: “Our patrons, trustees and volunteers…express our deep gratitude for your most generous and welcome donation….As we have no paid employees to fundraise for us, we are totally reliant on the generosity of organisations such as Pinnacle Crew for our funds to finance these healing holidays.”

Information about Caring Cancer Trust can be found at: www.caringcancertrust.com